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"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only be..." — Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher • German
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